Musa al-Kazim

For the Twelver Shia scholar, see Musa al-Sadr Musa al-Kazim (Arabic: ￘ﾧ￙ﾄ￘ﾥ￙ﾅ￘ﾧ￙ﾅ ￙ﾅ￙ﾈ￘ﾳ￙ﾉ ￘ﾧ￙ﾄ￙ﾃ￘ﾧ￘ﾸ￙ﾅ￢ﾀﾎ) (Seventh of Safar, 128 AH ￢ﾀﾓ Twenty-fifth of Rajab, 183 AH) (Approximately: October 28, 746 AD - September 1, 799 AD) was the seventh of the Twelver Shia Imams. He was the son of the sixth Shi￢ﾀﾙah Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and his mother￢ﾀﾙs name was Hamida Khatoon. He was born during the power struggles between the Umayyad and the Abbasid... more

For the Twelver Shia scholar, see Musa al-Sadr Musa al-Kazim (Arabic: ￘ﾧ￙ﾄ￘ﾥ￙ﾅ￘ﾧ￙ﾅ ￙ﾅ￙ﾈ￘ﾳ￙ﾉ ￘ﾧ￙ﾄ￙ﾃ￘ﾧ￘ﾸ￙ﾅ￢ﾀﾎ) (Seventh of Safar, 128 AH ￢ﾀﾓ Twenty-fifth of Rajab, 183 AH) (Approximately: October 28, 746 AD - September 1, 799 AD) was the seventh of the Twelver Shia Imams. He was the son of the sixth Shi￢ﾀﾙah Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq, and his mother￢ﾀﾙs name was Hamida Khatoon. He was born during the power struggles between the Umayyad and the Abbasid. Musa al-Kazim was born on Sunday, the seventh of Safar, 128 Hijrah at the land of Abwa situated between Mecca and Medina from his mother named Hamidah. Musa al-Kazim had access to Imamate at the age of twenty-one years. Abu Baseer says, "We traveled to perform Hajj along with Ja'far al-Sadiq. No sooner we had reached a place known as Abwa, and after the breakfast was over, the Imam was informed that Allah had bestowed upon him a son.￢ﾀﾝ Ja'far al-Sadiq happily and merrily got up to see his wife Hamidah. Not very long afterwards he came... less